Hello, Sean here, working super, super hard on No Man’s Sky.
Every day, the game is getting better and better, and despite all the late nights (and early mornings) we’re all working to get it finished and in your hands, it’s amazing to see it all coming together.
You might already know this, but we had to delay the game from its original June release date. It’s now August 9 in north America, and August 10 in Europe. We knew that people would be disappointed, and we’ve certainly heard a lot from some who decided to tell us all about that. But we’ve also heard some super nice words of support as we make the final push.
I’ve said it before, but No Man’s Sky is the hardest thing I’ve ever worked on. It’s even bigger than you can imagine. This is a type of game that hasn’t been attempted before, by a smaller team than anyone would expect, under an intense amount of expectation.
And despite all of that, development is genuinely going well. This is the hardest working, most talented team I’ve ever worked with, and I’m so proud of what we’re doing. For all our sakes though, we get one shot to make this game and we can’t mess it up.
So that’s what we’re doing right now, and every day I feel more sure it was the right decision. Thank you so much for your support and patience. The universe will be yours very soon.
PC version release date delayed till 12th August 2016. Console version not delayed.
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No Man’s Sky is a game about exploration and survival in an infinite procedurally generated galaxy, coming to PS4 on August 9th in North America and August 10th in Europe, and on PC worldwide on August 12th.
Update 1.03 When we went gold five or six week ago, we posted on twitter, and literally every reply was like “hope you are going on a nice holiday!”. Some of us have, but I didn’t want to, not yet. I pictured myself somewhere staring out the window thinking about this game I’ve been working on for five years. We’re under a pretty intense spotlight right now, and hopefully it’s easy to imagine how hard it would be to switch off from that, or how deeply we care about people’s first impression of the game. In fact most of us were back here the day after we went gold, working on this update. We’re already proud of what we put on a disk, but if we had time, why not continue to update it?
Hello Games will continually update No Man’s Sky this way. This is the first of many.
It will be available on Monday for press for review once it exits submission, and on launch for public on PC and PS4. We expect future updates like these to continue to be free.
For 99.9% of people, all you have to do is install the update before you begin to play. If you had an early copy somehow, your save game will technically work post update, but you will miss out on new content and experiences if you don’t delete your save before updating (should be obvious why from notes below). We highly recommend deleting your save if you have played before updating your game (we won’t do this in future, but it’s a day zero update).
Servers will be wiped on Sunday and again Monday in the lead up to launch.
In steam stated now the game is single player..wtf..so the rumour of chances to meet other player now is imposible already?
hehe, the devs have been quoted as saying the same thing many times and for months now. i've also shared the same information in this same thread months before. don't quite understand why you guys still think it is a rumor.
my personal thinking is because of 2 reasons: the real vastness of the galaxy in-game and also because the console version can only handle a limited number of players together at the same time.
Basically if you claim the preorder ship, there is a bug that may happen such that you cannot progress further into the game. currently for PS4 version. not sure if it will happen on PC version. if in doubt just do not claim the preorder ship in-game or wait for Hello Games to address this. http://www.polygon.com/2016/8/10/12422932/...ship-bug-glitch
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anyhow, treat the game like it doesn't have MP and you should be fine. SP gamers should enjoy it. plenty of them around.